["No News of the Koombana", The Sunday Times (Perth, WA), Sunday 31 March 1912, page 1]
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A BALLA BALLA VICTIM
A particularly sad case in connection with the recent Nor'-West tragedy is that of Captain Edward (Eddie) P. Maginnis, who was drowned from the launch at Balla Balla. For some time he was an officer on the ill-fated Yongala, and left her to fill a similar position on the Koombana. While on that ship he met manager Sleeman, of the Whim Well Copper Mines, who offered him a billet as wharfinger at Balla Balla, an excellent appointment with good pay.
So pleased was Captain Maginnis at his prospects that he sent for his mother to the Eastern States, not having seen her for years, she arriving in her new home at Balla Balla but two days before her darling son was drowned. Captain Maginnis, whose picture will appear next week, was an especially lovable man, and his death is deeply mourned by a large circle of friends.
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